The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1887-06-09
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crates against the continued eleVa
ton of any. class sect of family
something which brings the hardy
son of toll to the top and sinks the
proud aristocrat to the level of the
herd. s.
It has been stated BY competent
authority that royal families have al
marked tendency to insanity. It
seems that unlimited power begets q
madness which IS transmitted from
generation to generation, rendering
the heir of despotism incapable Of
welding his arbitrary and unnatural
power. NH
Seasons Of prosperity are followed
BY pestilence, famine and war. ages
of stagnation are chased by revolu-
ton, and the fairy feet. Of freedom
treads upon the heels Of tyranny.
The destinies Of men go swinging
back and forth like an ocillating#
pendulum, and were it not for this
great regulating system all would
be confusion, anarchy and ruin. But
| in it all we can dimly see the time
coming when all things shall be ad-.
justed and harmony shall include
the whole universe il her empire.
The great pendulum swung to the
dials of time shall forever cease to
sway. The old clock will stop never
again to toll the knell Of departed
hours. Summer and winter shall
give way to everlasting spring and
the darkness Of midnight, and noon.
tide glare shall be blended into one
eternal morning. H s#+.I $
In the deliveryof his GRAFTON Mr.
Rector showed himself an orator,
and was often interrupted BY APP
| plause Mr.. Rector has a full, rich
voice and always strikes his audi
ence as one who has great resources
in reserve. .fI.# Fiji
The question for debate was: III
Resolved, That Education OF the
Intellect Improves the. Morals. III
i Mr.. j. W. Smith, Parthenon, af-
frmed. Mr.. Edw%S. Elliott, Column
bian, Of Kingwood, represented the
negative. If t4.P s. sss tR.A
1t IS absolutely impossible 10 give.
any just :conception.of these speech |.
es, unless they were to be published
in full. Both gentlemen ATE orators.
Of acknowledg ed ability and of d
great deal Of experience as debaters.
And it is needless to say that they
both excelled themselves. H f#
Mr.. Smith dealt out his argu-
ments in sledge hammer style. He
is-~a very experienced and fine.
speaker. He treated his side Of the
question in a very able manner and
put up strong debate. III u 5
Mr.. ElIiott's delivery was slightly
tanner than his opponent, and when
he came upon the stage slightly con
strained, yet his debate was marked
BY deeper thought, and profounder
reason. His debate was not only.
logical and full Of fine discrimina-
ton, but was marked by great rel
search and scholarship. Taken all
| ia all this discussion was one of the
most practical, eloquent and logical
debates we have ever heard. 1t was
as if two great railway trains at the
same speed and having the same
momentum should come i'll contact
with each other. They went straight
| Ito bottom strata, ferreted out truth
and discarded the fallacies. #
At the conclusion Of the debate
the Judges, Hon. G. Nv. DALEY, Of
Keyser, Rev. IA. M. Buchanan, Of
MorgantoWn, and Hon. Lewis Ben
nett, of Weston, retired To make UP
their decision. In the interval of
the absence of the judges the band
discoursed sweet music while the
whole vast throng were anxious and
eager to hear the decision. AS the
Judges filed III and the chairman of
the committee Rev. "a. M, Blu
chanan arose, a deathless silence
/ fell upon the throng and all held
their breath. After brief speech,
Mr.. Buchanan made the following
announcements as the decision of
the judges:
TO MI. EdW. IN. Stifel Col was
awarded the prize for defamation.
MI. Frank Snider Col. received
1.-THE prize for essay.
Mr.. b. G. Stoetzer Col. received
the honor u Grafton.
The debate Was decided IN favor
Of the NEGATIVE making MI. EdW. S.
Elliott GOl tie winner
After each announcement the